Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
12 February 2012 - 10:05 am NZ time
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On Mondays it's the Composer of the Week, Wednesday is variety night, Thursday's often an opera topic, and Friday has The Critic's Chair reviewing recent CD releases.
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February 2012
Mondays - Composer of the Week 2011
6 February 2012
John Ritchie (b 1921), in conversation with Philip Norman
13 February 2012
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), presented by Dianne James
20 February 2012
Brett Dean (b 1961), in conversation with Matthew Crawford
27 February 2012
Peteris Vasks (b 1946), presented by Robyn Jaquiery
Wednesdays
1 February Reith Lectures
Five programmes
‘Securing Freedom' is the overall title of this year's BBC Reith lecture series and it is being addressed by two women on opposite sides of the world with two very different sides of a familiar story - the struggle for liberty and its defence. Myanmar pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's themes in the first two lectures are dissent and liberty
(1) Freedom (BBC)
8 February Reith Lectures
Five programmes
‘Securing Freedom' is the overall title of this year's BBC Reith lecture series and it is being addressed by two women on opposite sides of the world with two very different sides of a familiar story - the struggle for liberty and its defence. Myanmar pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi's themes in the first two lectures are dissent and liberty
(2) Dissent (BBC)
15 February Reith Lectures
Five programmes
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former director-general of MI5, the British security service, gives the first of her three BBC Reith Lectures, entitled "Terror". She reflects on the lasting significance of the 9/11 attacks on the United States ten years ago and asks … Was it a terrorist crime? An act of war? Or something different?
(3) Terror (BBC)
22 February May I Heave the Envelope Please
The Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards in the film industry. This year we're cleverly piggy-backing on their enormous publicity, by taking a look at some great and popular songs that never won an Oscar for best song ... they weren't even nominated. Steve Danby presents a light-hearted guide to the greatest songs Oscar overlooked, with special guests including Groucho Marx, Liza Minnelli, Elvis and The Beatles (RNZ)
29 February Reith Lectures
Five programmes
What Role should security and intelligence play in society.' That's the question addressed by the former Director-General of MI5 the British Security Service in the second lecture of her BBC Reith Lectures, "Securing Freedom"
In this lecture sub-titled " Security" Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller argues that the security and intelligence services in a democracy have a good record of protecting and preserving freedom.
(4) Security (BBC)
Thursdays
2 February Glenn Gould, The Radio Artist
Four programmes
(3) The Quiet in the Land
A further documentary on the subject of isolation, this one made in 1977. Gould depicts a conservative Mennonite community in southern Manitoba through the sounds of a church service, speakers, singers, ambient sounds, a choir and a rock singer - Glenn Gould (CBC Records PSCD 20315)
9 February Glenn Gould, The Radio Artist
Four programmes
(4) Casals: a portrait for radio - Glenn Gould (CBC Records PSCD 20315)
16 February The King’s Singers
Two programmes
(1) Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King’s College, Cambridge and still going strong (RNZ)
23 February The King’s Singers
Two programmes
(2) Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King’s College, Cambridge and still going strong (RNZ)
Fridays
3 February 2011 Gramophone Awards
Editor’s Choice
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater - Anna Netrebko (sop), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lawrence Brownlee (ten), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 6 40529)
10 February 2011 Gramophone Awards
Best Baroque Vocal Recording
HANDEL: Dramatic cantatas, Apollo e Dafne; Agrippina condotta a morire - Roberta Invernizzi (sop), Thomas Bauer (bass), La Risonanza/Fabio Bonizzoni (Glossa GCD 921 527)
17 February 2011 Gramophone Awards
Best Solo Vocal Recording
BRITTEN: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake;
Tit for Tat; Um Mitternacht; A Poison Tree; Evening; Morning; Night; David of the White Rock; Greensleeves; The Crocodile; The deaf Woman's courtship; Bird Scarer's song - Gerald Finley (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67778)
24 February 2011 Gramophone Awards
Best Orchestral Recording
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10 in E minor Op 93 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos 8.572461)
January 2012
Mondays - Best of Composer of the Week 2011 (RNZ)
2 Jan Hovhaness – Ryan Smith
9 Jan Mahler symphonies – Rachel Hyde
16 Jan Telemann – David Morriss
23 Jan Reynaldo Hahn – William Dart
30 Jan Menotti – Elric Hooper & Des Wilson
Wednesdays
4 Jan Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dame Janet Baker
Four programmes by Alan Platt (1) Season Tickets (RNZ)
11 Jan Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dame Janet Baker
Four programmes by Alan Platt (2) Opera (RNZ)
18 Jan Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dame Janet Baker
Four programmes by Alan Platt (3) Concert Songs (RNZ)
25 Jan Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dame Janet Baker
Four programmes by Alan Platt (4) Lieder (RNZ)
Thursdays
5 Jan Glenn Gould, The Radio Artist
(1) The Idea of North (CBC)
12 Jan Glenn Gould, The Radio Artist
(2) The Latecomers (CBC)
19 Jan 24 Frames, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
A documentary remembering Jonathan Dennis, broadcaster and first director of the New Zealand Film Archive. Dennis died in January 2002 at the age of 49, and to mark the 10th anniversary of his death 24 Frames creates an aural landscape of the sounds, textures and voices that surrounded him and his work. Produced by Gareth Watkins (RNZ)
26 Jan The Chinese Nureyev
Darcey Bussell presents the amazing story of Li Cunxin, born in rural China, recruited by Madame Mao's Dance Academy, a dramatic defection while on exchange in the US, and a star of American and Australian ballet companies (Ladbroke Productions)
Fridays
6 Jan Gramophone Awards 2011
Best Baroque Instrumental Recording
13 Jan Gramophone Awards 2011
Best Early Music Recording
20 Jan Gramophone Awards 2011
Best Recital Recording
27 Jan Gramophone Awards 2011
Best Instrumental Recording
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